Student speakers tell their 170 fellow graduates to remember the two students they lost this school year while making positive contributions.
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Former selectman, planning board member vie for Farmingdale board
Doug Ebert, who served on the Farmingdale Board of Selectmen from 2011 to 2014, is facing off against Wayne Kilgore, a Planning Board member, in Tuesday’s town election.
Group advocating for alewives in Cobbossee Stream
A small community group is trying to raise awareness about how dams on Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner block alewives from swimming upstream to spawn.
In Gardiner, a new slaughterhouse boosts Maine’s agriculture infrastructure
The poultry side of the slaughterhouse, the only USDA-inspected poultry slaughterhouse in Maine, opened in March; and the red meat side is expected to open this summer.
Gardiner councilor questions nonprofits receiving city money
Gardiner City Manager Scott Morelli is proposing giving about $115,000 to nonprofit organizations, but a city councilor has asked the organizations to defend the funding.
Gardiner farmers’ market to receive funds to boost SNAP spending
The market, along with the market at Mill Park in Augusta, is one of more than 30 that will receive funding to help people receiving food stamp benefits to buy more produce.
Mediation over Clary Lake water level ends without resolution
There is no solution in sight for a longstanding dispute over the water level of Clary Lake in Jefferson and Whitefield despite mediation through the court.
Gardiner school district budget going to residents Tuesday
Residents in Regional School Unit 11 will vote at a meeting Tuesday whether to send the $22.8 million proposed budget to a referendum vote June 9.
UMA to work with private developer on dormitory housing
The proposed 70-bed dorm on campus is in response to needs expressed by students in popular programs, such as architecture and aviation.
RSU 12 voters approve budget at meeting
Residents on Tuesday night approved the proposed $20.27 million budget, but the budget still must go to a referendum vote in June.